{"id":5011,"date":"2026-05-13T15:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/?post_type=profiles&#038;p=5011"},"modified":"2026-10-08T19:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T23:34:13","slug":"amir-abdulgadir-2","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/profiles\/amir-abdulgadir-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Amir Abdulgadir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Abdulgadir-Amir-e1791502443816.jpg\" alt=\"by Corban Swain\" class=\"wp-image-5567\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-69bc4bdf wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MIT Department: <\/strong><br>Physics<br><br><strong>Faculty Mentor<\/strong>: <br>Joseph Formaggio<br><br><strong>Research Supervisor: <\/strong><br>Jiatong Yang<br><br><strong>Undergraduate Institution:<\/strong><br>Howard University<strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amir Abdulgadir is a junior at Howard University pursuing a double major in Physics and Philosophy. As a Karsh STEM Scholar, he is passionate about answering fundamental questions in astrophysics. The past two summers, he has been conducting research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology through the MSRP program. Beyond the classroom, Amir enjoys exploring the intersection of science and philosophy, particularly questions about the nature of the universe and scientific reasoning. He has also been involved in STEM outreach and student leadership, experiences that have strengthened his commitment to making science more accessible and collaborative. Amir plans to pursue a Ph.D. in astrophysics and hopes to build a career advancing our understanding of the universe while mentoring the next generation of scientists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Modeling The Resonance Properties of Josephson Junction Array Microwave<br>Kinetic Inductance Detectors<\/strong><br>Amir Abdulgadir<sup>1<\/sup>, Jiatong Yang<sup>2<\/sup>, Doug Pinckney<sup>2<\/sup> and Joseph Formaggio<sup>2<\/sup><br><sup>1<\/sup>Department of Physics and Astronomy, Howard University<br><sup>2<\/sup>Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Superconducting quantum processors are vulnerable to radiation. A single cosmic ray or<br>radioactive decay can deposit energy into the chip substrate, producing phonons that break<br>Cooper pairs across qubits. This can cause correlated errors that standard error correction<br>methods struggle to veto. Detecting these impacts as they happen would allow a processor to<br>veto the affected data, making these radiation sensors a tool for having more reliable quantum<br>computers. This project studies a detector designed for that role: Josephson Junction Array<br>Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (JAMKIDs), a small superconducting circuit built<br>from an array of Josephson Junctions in a series, tiny nonlinear islands whose admittance is<br>sensitive to the density of quasiparticles. When radiation breaks Cooper pairs, the resulting<br>quasiparticles shift the array&#8217;s admittance and therefore the circuit&#8217;s resonant frequency. This<br>can be read out as a change in the microwave signal transmitted past the device. To predict<br>the resonance properties of a specific design, we build a three-dimensional electrostatic model<br>of the chip to simulate the capacitances between its conductors and compute the expected<br>microwave response. This offers a repeatable path from device geometry to predicted<br>performance, supporting sensors that could make quantum processors more robust against<br>radiation-induced errors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5567,"template":"","profile_category":[25],"class_list":["post-5011","profiles","type-profiles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","profile_category-2026-interns"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/5011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profiles"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/5011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6000,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/5011\/revisions\/6000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"profile_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_category?post=5011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}